Texas Conference of the AAUP
@texasaaup.bsky.social
We are an association of all AAUP members in Texas #HigherEd. Join us as we advocate for faculty and instructors through the state. Become involved in a local chapter or start one!
https://connect.aft.org/app/memberforms/8041A/JoinTheFight
https://connect.aft.org/app/memberforms/8041A/JoinTheFight
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🔔Our open letter to academic leaders in TX: “As pressures mount on TX public institutions of higher education, we write on behalf of faculty across the state to remind you of your obligations to protect academic freedom and due process.”
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"Hiring professors with PhDs is meaningless if administrators are the ones deciding what gets taught,” he said. “Faculty will start asking not, ‘Is this accurate?’ but ‘Will this get me in trouble?’ That’s not education, it’s risk management.”
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"Hiring professors with PhDs is meaningless if administrators are the ones deciding what gets taught,” he said. “Faculty will start asking not, ‘Is this accurate?’ but ‘Will this get me in trouble?’ That’s not education, it’s risk management.”
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
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⭐️Action needed: please read this thread &write to the TAMU Regents to oppose censorship of courses that teach about race or gender or depart from the course description.This would put curricular decisions in the hands of admins, not faculty. It would drastically affect teaching & learning conditions
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
⭐️Action needed: please read this thread &write to the TAMU Regents to oppose censorship of courses that teach about race or gender or depart from the course description.This would put curricular decisions in the hands of admins, not faculty. It would drastically affect teaching & learning conditions
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Texas censorship news.
The Texas A&M University System will vote on Thursday on whether to prohibit faculty at its 11 universities from teaching “race or gender ideology” unless those lessons are pre-approved by each campus president or a delegate.
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Texas censorship news.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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This Thursday!
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November 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This Thursday!
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No matter what you do for a living, the color of your skin, or where you come from, the time to speak up for all Texans’ constitutional right to free speech is NOW.
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
No matter what you do for a living, the color of your skin, or where you come from, the time to speak up for all Texans’ constitutional right to free speech is NOW.
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
Our labor movement stands in strong solidarity with our @cwa-tseu.bsky.social members ✊
Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
🗣️Our statement on changes to Texas A&M policies which the BOR will vote on this week: these changes “will cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the university + impede faculty + students from their main mission on campus: to teach, learn, think critically + create + share new knowledge.”
Texas AAUP-AFT Calls on the Texas A&M University System Not to Muzzle Faculty, Students in the Classroom
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
🗣️Our statement on changes to Texas A&M policies which the BOR will vote on this week: these changes “will cause irreparable harm to the reputation of the university + impede faculty + students from their main mission on campus: to teach, learn, think critically + create + share new knowledge.”
📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
📢📢 We are proud to stand in solidarity today at this Texas State Employees Union rally for Dr. Tom Alter who was unjustly fired from Texas State University for exercising his right to free speech. The Texas State Board of Regents must reinstate Dr. Alter immediately! ✊
🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
AAUP-TXST Calls on Texas State University System Regents to Defend Academic Freedom and Due Process
A Union of Professionals
www.texasaft.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🔔 NEW: “The Texas State University chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP-TXST) has issued a formal appeal urging the Texas State University System Board Regents to abide by its own rules and reverse the summary dismissal of tenured history professor Dr. Thomas Alter.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rally today outside the Board of Regents meeting at 2pm to demand the reinstatement of Texas State Prof. Tom Alter! We’ll see you there!
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Rally today outside the Board of Regents meeting at 2pm to demand the reinstatement of Texas State Prof. Tom Alter! We’ll see you there!
Shout out to members of the AAUP Chapter at Rice who participated in the National Day of Action for Higher Education last Friday. We are stronger together! ✊✊✊
November 10, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Shout out to members of the AAUP Chapter at Rice who participated in the National Day of Action for Higher Education last Friday. We are stronger together! ✊✊✊
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Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Democrat’s Win May Upend a Conservative Push in Virginia Universities www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
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In January, union delegates from across Texas will decide who to endorse for the 2026 elections!
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:04 PM
In January, union delegates from across Texas will decide who to endorse for the 2026 elections!
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
Get your tickets NOW to make sure you’re there and help us build Texas union power 💪 texasaflcioconvention.org
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Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Please read the proposed changes and recognize the danger. Texas A&M will require approval of any course teaching race and gender by the President or other designated person. The section on prohibited discrimination has changed to add prohibited instruction as well. 1/3
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"The support that my public campaign has garnered from unions, democratic rights organization, and concerned people and activists . . . demonstrates that we must and can win this struggle for a truly democratic and egalitarian society through love and solidarity." Tom Alter wp.me/p8xr4h-dhT
Fighting MAGA McCarythism: Interviewing Tom Alter
BY BILL MULLEN Can you identify yourself and explain what happened at Texas State? My name is Tom Alter. Until being recently fired in violation of my free speech rights, I was a tenured associate …
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November 5, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"The support that my public campaign has garnered from unions, democratic rights organization, and concerned people and activists . . . demonstrates that we must and can win this struggle for a truly democratic and egalitarian society through love and solidarity." Tom Alter wp.me/p8xr4h-dhT
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Interview with Prof. Tom Alter, fired by Texas State for political speech
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Interview with Prof. Tom Alter, fired by Texas State for political speech
The <i>World Socialist Web Site </i>recently spoke to historian Tom Alter about his firing from Texas State University and about Texas labor and working class history.
www.wsws.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Interview with Prof. Tom Alter, fired by Texas State for political speech
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“There's a long history of working class resistance in Texas”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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These proposals are impractical and unenforceable. They would constitute an abdication of a faculty member's responsibility to teach up to the professional standards of the discipline in which they are expert, and a violation of the First Amendment rights of both faculty members and students.
November 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
These proposals are impractical and unenforceable. They would constitute an abdication of a faculty member's responsibility to teach up to the professional standards of the discipline in which they are expert, and a violation of the First Amendment rights of both faculty members and students.
Email testimony must be received by 11:59am on Tuesday, Nov 11th!
To submit written testimony email the board here: BORMTG-PublicTestimony@tamus.edu
Instructions here:
www.tamus.edu/regents/publ...
Instructions here:
www.tamus.edu/regents/publ...
Policy on Public Testimony - Office of The Board of Regents
Policy on Public Testimony Policy 02.01 Public Testimony on Agenda Items at Regular Meetings of the Board of Regents A member of the public is allowed to present written and oral testimony, for a reas...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Email testimony must be received by 11:59am on Tuesday, Nov 11th!
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This is a serious violation—not only of self-expression but the safety of trans Americans, who could be jailed in many countries for being who they are. In case after case, SCOTUS has enabled this admin’s cruel, extreme agenda on the most vulnerable without justification.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
AFT President Randi Weingarten, AFT’s LGBTQIA+ Task Force Leaders Respond to Supreme Court Order Upholding Trump Passport Policy Targeting Transgender People
New emergency order allows the Trump administration to block transgender Americans from selecting passport sex markers that reflect their gender identity.
www.aft.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is a serious violation—not only of self-expression but the safety of trans Americans, who could be jailed in many countries for being who they are. In case after case, SCOTUS has enabled this admin’s cruel, extreme agenda on the most vulnerable without justification.
www.aft.org/press-releas...
www.aft.org/press-releas...
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If you care about academic freedom please contact the A&M Board of Regents to tell them to not pass this illegal policy!
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you care about academic freedom please contact the A&M Board of Regents to tell them to not pass this illegal policy!
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Once these freedoms go away we no longer have universities. Real learning will be pushed underground.
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Once these freedoms go away we no longer have universities. Real learning will be pushed underground.
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
🚨🚨 Texas A&M Board of Regents is meeting next week and set to approve a new policy requiring pre-approval of courses on race and gender. This is a blatant violation of academic freedom.
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Some states have stepped in to cover SNAP benefits. Texas, which has a multibillion-dollar rainy-day fund, has not. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-human-toll-of-the-suspension-of-snap
The Human Toll of the Suspension of SNAP
The food-assistance program serves around forty-two million Americans. In Texas, even people with decent jobs are feeling the pain.
www.newyorker.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Some states have stepped in to cover SNAP benefits. Texas, which has a multibillion-dollar rainy-day fund, has not. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-human-toll-of-the-suspension-of-snap